25 weeks and my 4d ultrasound!

Here is one of the 4d ultrasound pictures. He kept covering his face so it was really hard to get the pictures we wanted. I wish I knew how to upload the VHS tape so you could see him moving around. When he wasn't covering his face he was picking his nose, sucking his thumb, and yawning. Shaun and I are going to get another 4d ultrasound done in about a month or so. He is sooooo cute! At one point he was covering both sides of his face with his hands and then he even put his fett over his head! He just did NOT want his picture taken!

Update for the x-mas weekend

It has been getting hard for me to sleep again. From about week 18-23 I was sleeping really good. The last two days, however, I can't sleep. It isn't even because of my growing tummy or anything. It is mostly my hips (when I am trying to be a good pregnant lady and sleep on my side) and my arms. My arms are falling asleep when I lay down. I think it is just swelling. I am finding it impossible to wear my wedding rings throughout the day. I wear them to bed but they are usually off by 6pm. I swear the only finger that is swelling is my ring finger. What a dirty trick.

Christmas is upon us and I can't wait. Shaun has Friday off, then X-mas Eve we are going to my grandpa's on my dad's side. X-mas we are spening in Wauseon with my family. The day afterwards we are with my mom's side of the family (which is where all the crazys are). I can't wait to see my cousin Gail. She has two babies and she is really excited to see me. I will take a lot of pictures so I can put them on here.

Well I turn 25 weeks on Sunday, but I won't be making an update until Tuesday when I get my ultrasound. I will be either in Kendalville (Grandpa), Wauseon (parents), or Fort Wayne (Somer's x-mas) this weekend so I can't update. Don't worry...I will when I get back!

24 Weeks Pregnant today!

There is a picture of what my baby looks like. Uh oh, looks like someone's home is starting to get a bit crowded! My son has made a new habit of kicking my cervix and guess what? It doesn't feel pleasant!

So, I am starting to get really depressed. I am getting really fat. No..not pregnant...fat. I know that there is a baby in there and that he is adding to my weight, but I like the mini chocolate donuts are a bigger factor in my weight gain. I look and feel like a porker. It is really getting to me.

Granted, I wasn't a skinny girl to begin with, in the least. I have always had a ginormous buttocks. The rest of me I felt was pretty good, my upper half I was happy with. Not anymore. My boobs are huge and my tummy is fat...but my head is small. I look like a goober. Like I took a fat persons body and stuck a child's head on it. FREAK much?

23 weeks

I thought this was the cutest 3d ultrasound picture ever! Shaun and I are getting our 3d ultrasound picture in a couple of weeks and I can't wait.

Sorry I didn't post this on Sunday like I usually do, but I was in Chicago with Shaun and his family. I was so unnervous with his family, much to my surprise.

I am defiantly getting bigger. I think my uterus is finally starting to move up so I look more pregnant. I just can't wait for David Harper Bricker to come into this world!

Shaun felt the baby move!

So I was laying down and all the sudden the baby pused either his head or butt up against my stomach with all his might. I yelled for Shaun and you could feel this hard lump in my belly. Shaun put his hand on my tummy and the baby just kicked or punched with all his might and Shaun felt it for the first time. I was so happy I cried...

22 weeks pregnant

Man, time is really moving fast now. The first trimester was so slow, but now the weeks just fly by. It seems like yesterday I was just showing Shaun the pregnancy tests and crying for joy with him.

I am really excited and kind of nervous about tomorrow. Tomorrow Shaun and I get another ultrasound and get to see a developed baby inside me for the first time. We will hopefully find out the sex of the baby, too, if the baby cooperates. Shaun and my mom think the baby is a girl while Erin and I think the baby is a boy. My dad won't make a guess. It is just so weird to think that tomorrow, we might know!

I was really emotional yesterday because it seems like with the new cold dry weather, I am a carrier for static electricity. I shock everthing I touch, so I was crying a lot. It was so bad, that I actually turned off the computer twice by overloading it with static.

Well, I will post tomorrow with pictures of the baby!

18 Pounds!?!?!?!?!?!

I went to the doctor's today for my monthy baby check-up. Shaun and I make little fun bets on how much weight I have gained, because they weigh you each time. He guessed 11 and I guessed 5. Guess how much I gained?

18 POUNDS!

I even double checked with another nurse, too. However, she said that at my last visit when it said I had lost three pounds, that was probably a miss calculation. So, it is just that my overall weight gain is 18 pounds...it isn't like I gained 18 pounds in one month. My doctor felt my belly and told me I was going to have a big baby. Lovely. AS long as it is healthy...

My triple screen test came back and everything looks great. No downs syndrome or other defects. They are still going to check me for Spina Bifida on Monday at my ultrasound, since my sister had a really minor case of it. I am so excited about seeing the baby again. I am going to try and find out the sex too. Shaun and I have to try our best not to cry like babies during the ultrasound or we won't be able to see anything!